RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama opened a brief trip to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a one-on-one meeting with King Salman in Riyadh. The visit for a Persian Gulf summit comes against the backdrop of increasingly stra...

I mentioned and discussed (as, it seems, did everyone else...) the 'unmasking' of Elena Ferrante a few days ago.
Yesterday, I got my copy of the forthcoming (1 November) 'Ferrante'-collection Frantumaglia -- see the Europa Editions ...

On the day that Europa Editions releases The Story of the Lost Child, the fourth and final Neapolitan novel by Elena Ferrante, join Slate for an evening of Ferrante-themed conversation, debate, trivia, and schmoozing with translator...